diff --git a/Nasal/debug.nas b/Nasal/debug.nas
index 305e7e024..2a1671ba4 100644
--- a/Nasal/debug.nas
+++ b/Nasal/debug.nas
@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ var printerror = func(err) {
 	if (!size(err))
 		return;
 
-	print(sprintf("%s at %s line %d", err[0], err[1], err[2]));
+	printf("%s at %s line %d", err[0], err[1], err[2]);
 	for (var i = 3; i < size(err); i += 2)
-		print(sprintf("  called from %s line %d", err[i], err[i + 1]));
+		printf("  called from %s line %d", err[i], err[i + 1]);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Nasal/geo.nas b/Nasal/geo.nas
index d72b5c234..d3cda074b 100644
--- a/Nasal/geo.nas
+++ b/Nasal/geo.nas
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ var FT2M = 0.3048;
 var M2FT = 3.28083989501312335958;
 
 
-var printf = func { print(call(sprintf, arg)) }
 var floor = func(v) { v < 0.0 ? -int(-v) - 1 : int(v) }
 var sin = nil;
 var cos = nil;
diff --git a/Nasal/globals.nas b/Nasal/globals.nas
index 7dfe54ae5..fcaa8bc3a 100644
--- a/Nasal/globals.nas
+++ b/Nasal/globals.nas
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ var setlistener = func(node, fun, init = 0, runtime = 1) {
     }, init, runtime);
     if(__.log_level <= 2) {
         var c = caller(1);
-        print(sprintf("setting listener #%d in %s, line %s", id, c[2], c[3]));
+        printf("setting listener #%d in %s, line %s", id, c[2], c[3]);
     }
     return id;
 }
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ var defined = func(sym) {
 var thisfunc = func caller(1)[1];
 
 
+##
+# Just what it says it is.
+#
+var printf = func print(call(sprintf, arg));
+
+
 ##
 # Print log messages in appropriate --log-level.
 # Usage: printlog("warn", "...");